EP1872002B1 - Energy recovery system - Google Patents
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- EP1872002B1 EP1872002B1 EP06724425A EP06724425A EP1872002B1 EP 1872002 B1 EP1872002 B1 EP 1872002B1 EP 06724425 A EP06724425 A EP 06724425A EP 06724425 A EP06724425 A EP 06724425A EP 1872002 B1 EP1872002 B1 EP 1872002B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
- F02C7/08—Heating air supply before combustion, e.g. by exhaust gases
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D15/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of engines with devices driven thereby
- F01D15/02—Adaptations for driving vehicles, e.g. locomotives
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C1/00—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid
- F02C1/04—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C1/00—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid
- F02C1/04—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly
- F02C1/05—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly characterised by the type or source of heat, e.g. using nuclear or solar energy
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C1/00—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid
- F02C1/04—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly
- F02C1/05—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly characterised by the type or source of heat, e.g. using nuclear or solar energy
- F02C1/06—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid the working fluid being heated indirectly characterised by the type or source of heat, e.g. using nuclear or solar energy using reheated exhaust gas
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C6/00—Plural gas-turbine plants; Combinations of gas-turbine plants with other apparatus; Adaptations of gas- turbine plants for special use
- F02C6/04—Gas-turbine plants providing heated or pressurised working fluid for other apparatus, e.g. without mechanical power output
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C6/00—Plural gas-turbine plants; Combinations of gas-turbine plants with other apparatus; Adaptations of gas- turbine plants for special use
- F02C6/18—Plural gas-turbine plants; Combinations of gas-turbine plants with other apparatus; Adaptations of gas- turbine plants for special use using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E50/00—Technologies for the production of fuel of non-fossil origin
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to an energy recovery system according to the preamble of
claim 1 and to a method according to the preamble ofclaim 9. - The exhausts from different processes, for example a Diesel engine or a chemical process, often contain heat and/or combustible matter. Different solutions have been proposed in order to recover some of this energy. Steam turbines are often used for this purpose on a larger scale, but these systems are not very practical in smaller sizes. They are too expensive and have rather poor efficiency.
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US 6 629 413 , a closed cycle thermodynamic apparatus for powering a combustion machine is disclosed. The apparatus has a compressor for compressing a working medium from a reservoir at temperature T1. The temperature of the working medium increases during compression and reached temperature T2 when leaving the compressor. It is then expanded in an expander for turning the machine. In this manner, mechanical work is extracted from the working medium. The apparatus has a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger connected to the compressor and the expander in a closed cycle. It also has a burner and a third heat exchanger. Air, as a heat transfer medium, at ambient temperature T5 is induced into the second exchanger to cool the working medium by receiving heat there from. The temperature of the working medium decreases from T4 to T1 before entering the compressor for repeating the cycle. The air, which is now at a higher temperature T6, is conveyed to the burner where it is mixed with fuel to form a combusting gas reaching an even higher temperature at T7 and passed into the first heat exchanger for heating the working medium at constant pressure. In this manner the temperature of working medium increases to T3, when entering the expander and following expansion for conversion to mechanical power its temperature reduces to T4. The apparatus thereby recovers heat at all the heat exchangers. This reduces the amount of fuel required to heat the air for combustion. -
EP 0 400 701 discloses a method and an installation for generating electrical energy. This document differs from the previously known technique in that - The compressor turbine is not fed by exhaust gases of the gas turbine but mainly by the compressed air itself, which is used for that purpose after undergoing an additional temperature increase in the flue gas heat exchanger.
- According to the invention, these and other problems are solved by a system comprising the features of
claim 1, and a method comprising the steps ofclaim 9. - The energy recovery system of the present invention will be more readily understood by looking at the appended drawings, where
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Figs. 1-4 are schematical views of different embodiments of said energy recovery system. - The energy recovery system for a process means 100 of the present invention is based on a Brayton cycle and it comprises a
compressor 1 and aturbine 2, seeFigs. 1-4 , which are interconnected by amain shaft 3. Agenerator 4, e.g. a permanent magnet generator, is also mounted on themain shaft 3. The subsystem comprising thecompressor 1,turbine 2,main shaft 3 andgenerator 4 is called a turbogenerator. The system further comprises a hightemperature heat exchanger 5, which on one side is connected to the flow that goes through thecompressor 1 and theturbine 2. On the other side, theheat exchanger 5 is connected to a flow that comes from a process means 100 from which energy will be recovered, such as a Diesel engine or a chemical process plant. - Before the flow reaches the high
temperature heat exchanger 5, it passes aburner 6, where the flow can be heated to a given temperature level. Theburner 6 may be provided with avalve 7 and afan 8 for supplying external air and/or fuel, in the event that the process is supplying insufficient amounts of exhausts for operating the turbogenerator. Aheat exchanger 9 can be provided, which on one side is connected to theturbine 2 outlet and on another side is connected to the outlet of the process means 100. An additional heat exchanger 10 (Fig. 2 ) can be provided to transfer energy from the working flow after theturbine 2 to an auxiliary system, such as an external heating system. A fuel cell 11 (Fig. 2 ) may be fluidly arranged after thecompressor 1 and before theturbine 2. - The high frequency electricity created in the
generator 4 is converted to a suitable type of electricity, either DC or AC, by means of power electronics (not shown). Thegenerator 4 can also be operated as a motor during starting of the system. The function of the system is described below, and is illustrated by way of different examples. - The first example of a process means 100 is a Diesel engine where the process flow is exhaust gases that are fed into the
burner 6. The temperature of these exhaust gases are typically 500 °C. This temperature is increased to more than 800 °C in theburner 6 by supplying additional fuel. This heat is transferred in the hightemperature heat exchanger 5 to the working flow, which then drives the rotatingmain shaft 3 and thegenerator 4 for generation of electricity. If theDiesel engine 100 is used for propulsion of a truck or a boat, the electricity is preferably used to power some of the auxiliary systems of said truck or boat. Theburner 6 uses the excess air in the process flow and fuel that is injected into the process flow. This fuel can be any liquid or gaseous fuel. - The working flow leaving the
turbine 2 still contains much heat, and this can be recycled in the heat exchanger(s) 9, 10, for supplying heat to aprocess 100 or for an external heating system of a boat or truck. The working flow can also be directed to theburner 6 directly or via thevalve 7 and/or thefan 8, seeFig. 2 , or be supplied to auxiliary systems of theprocess 100. - In a second example, a chemical process is running in the process means 100, which process has many chemical substances in the exhaust gases, but where the gases not necessarily contain much heat. The exhausts enter the
burner 6 where fuel is added and the temperature is increased to at least 800 °C. In this combustion, both the added fuel and the chemical substances of the process flow are burned. This means that the total energy content of the substances has been utilised and that the flow coming out of the process is much cleaner, since the chemical substances have been combusted. The heat from the combustion is again transferred to the working flow of aturbogenerator system process 100, according to above, in order to increase the overall efficiency. - Another example of a
suitable process 100 is a fuel cell, e.g. a solide oxide or a molten carbonate fuel cell, which is supplied with pressurized air/oxidizer and fuel. The fuel cell generates heat, which together with remaining oxidizer and possibly combustibles may be used to heat the airflow of a turbogenerator according to above. At least a part of the pressurized air/oxidizer for the fuel cell can be taken from the working flow leaving theturbine 2. - The process means 100 may also be an absorption chiller, which is heated by a fuel burner, a gas heater or similar. The air leaving the
turbine 2 may also be directed to a burner of this system. - A
fuel cell 11 may also be arranged between thecompressor 1 and theturbine 2, seeFig. 2 . Pressurized air is supplied by thecompressor 1 to the fuel cell to react with a suitable fuel, e.g. hydrogen, and the hot exhausts, mainly water vapour, nitrogen and remaining oxygen, are directed towards theturbine 2. - In order to increase the heat transfer to the working flow, the
burner 6 can be arranged in close proximity to a pipe of the working flow and even be surrounded by said pipe, seeFig. 3 . In this way, more heat can be transferred to the working flow through radiation. - The airflow leaving the
turbine 2 can also be directed through aheat exchanger 12, which is positioned downstream of thecompressor 1 but upstream of theheat exchanger 5, seeFig. 4 . - The energy recovery system for a process means 100 can also provide electric energy for its own auxiliary systems, such as the
valve 7 and thefan 8, in order to be self-supporting. - Though specific embodiments are shown in the Figures, it will be apparent to a person skilled in the art to combine features from different figures or to therein incorporate features of the specification without departing from the scope of the invention. Three-way valves a, b, c and d are used to illustrate possible variations of different embodiments, but are not essential for the operation of a system according to the invention.
- The term turbogenerator is everywhere intended to refer to an assembly comprising a compressor, a turbine and a high-speed generator being driven by on a main shaft. The heat exchangers are only depicted generally and can have any flow arrangement, e.g. parallel flow, counter flow or cross flow, regardless of the schematical representations in the appended figures.
Claims (9)
- An energy recovery system for a process means (100) comprising
a compressor (1), a turbine (2) and a generator (4) arranged to be driven by a main shaft (3),
a heat exchanger (5) on a first side being fluidly arranged between the compressor (1) and the turbine (2) and on a second side capable of being fluidly arranged downstream of a process means (100), a first inlet for introduction of exhausts from a process means (100), where heat emanating directly or indirectly from the exhausts of said process means (100) can be transferred to an airflow between the compressor (1) and the turbine (2), which airflow is expanded in the turbine (2) which then powers the compressor (1) and the generator (4), for recovering energy from the process, which energy is transformed into electricity so that the overall efficiency of the process is increased, characterized by a burner (6) located upstream of the heat exchanger (5), said burner being connectable to the process exhaust system such that said burner (6) is locatable between the process exhaust system and the heat exchanger (5), wherein at least a part of the air leaving the turbine (2) is supplied directly to the burner (6) through a second inlet for introduction of external fuel and air to the burner (6). - A system according to claim 1, wherein the electricity generated by the generator (4) is used to power auxiliary systems of the process (100) and/or the energy recovery system.
- A system according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the airflow leaving the turbine (2) is used in the process (100).
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the inlet to the burner comprises a valve (7) and/or a fan (8).
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the process exhausts emanate from combustion of wood, oat or similar biomass.
- A system according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the air leaving the turbine (2) is passed through a heat exchanger (10) that is arranged for heating a boat or truck where the process (100) is taking place.
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the process (100) is an absorption chiller and the process gas is taken from after a fuel burner in said chiller and at least a part of the airflow leaving the turbine (2) is directed to an inlet of said fuel burner.
- A system according to claim 1, wherein the process (100) is an engine in a truck or a boat, such as a Diesel engine.
- A method of recovering energy from an associated process means (100), characterised by the steps of:directing exhausts of said process means (100) through a burner (6),supplying the burner (6) with external fuel and air,combusting the external fuel and air together with the exhausts of the process means (100),directing the combustion gases from the burner (6) through one side of a heat exchanger (5),directing air from a compressor (1) through another side of the heat exchanger (5), such that heat is transferred between the combustion gases and the air,directing the air from the heat exchanger (5) to a turbine (2),expanding said air in the turbine (2), thus extracting energy from the air,transferring said energy to the compressor (1) and to a generator (4) that is connected to the turbine (2), anddirecting at least a part of the air leaving the turbine (2) directly to the burner (6).
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